Coin-card.



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COIN CARD,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, Ian,

mamma ATTORN EY Pat nted 1m. 1918.

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JOSEPH GURIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, llhllld.

Application filed July 10, 1917. Serial No. 179,751.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, JosnrH CURIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to coin cards and consists in the specifically improved coin card hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a plan view of a card having several openings of various sizes, show ing coins in some, a stamp in one, and a folded bill in another.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, showing a coin as held in one pocket and a coin as being inserted in or removed from another pocket.

The card is designated by the letter C.

To what might be called its back is attached paraffin paper I. The card is cut with rectangular openings 0, several in numberand varying in size so that one card may carry coins of several denominations. The card is alsO cut to provide transverse and preferably upright straight, narrow straps S each extending diametrically across one opening, and at about the midlength of this strap it is out with two lateral integral wings W. The extremities of the strap unite integrally withthe body of the card at the top and bottom of each opening, but the extremities of the wings extend only about half way to the sides of the opening, and therefore they i leave spaces through which the coins or other objects may be inserted and removed. The paper P is preferably applied to the back of the card after the latter has been cut, and it is secured to the card in any suitable manner but is not secured to the back of the strap and Wings within each opening. A coin, a stamp, and a folded bill are shown in Fig. 1, but need no reference letters or description.

In the use of this device, let us assume that a coin is to be inserted. Ihat opening is selected which is of suitable size to receive this coin, and in order that this may be determined the coin may be laid over the several openings or the card provided adjacent them with instructions or numerals for the edification of the user. The tip of one wing is then raised slightly with the finger nail, and the coin passed under it and slipped along beneath the strap in a manner clearly shown in F ig. 2; and when the coin has reached a proper position within the stamp is to be inserted, the same process is followed, care being taken to place the gummed side of the stamp next to the paraffin paper 1?. If a bill or other simliar object is to be inserted, it is folded into a square of appropriate size to be placed in one of the pockets, and the process above followed. While I have spoken of paraffin paper, any suitable substance could be employed to which the coin, stamp (even its gum), or bill will not stick under the influence of moisture or heat, and the means for attaching this paper to the back of the card is not essential to the present invention. With its inclosures, the card is now put into an ordinary envelop and sent through the mails; and the recipient may remove the inclosure by a reversal of the process described and use the card again, or he can readily tear out the strip covering the coin or other ar ticle which he desires to remove, or could a punch it with the coin through the paper and rupture the latter.

I consider the use of rectangular openings superior to round openings because they are adaptedfor the reception of rectangular articles such as=the stamp or. the folded hill, while also they are of course adapted for the reception of round articles such as the coins. The latter, however, do not fit closely within a square opening, and therefore I consider the use of the wings W on the strip S essential for holding the coins in the openings or pockets, whereas possibly an ordinary transverse strip across a round opening would hold a stamp sufiiciently tight to prevent its dislodgment. The relaative area covered by the strip and its wings should not be so great as to hide the contents of the pocket, and therefore such article or contents may. be seen at a glance. Moreover, the ends of the strip where they unitewith the body of the card should not be so wide that the strips may not flex slightly as either wing is raised to insert or remove an article-nor should they be so narrow as to weaken them unduly. The card will doubtless be made at one stamp of the die and its face may be provided with appropriate printed matter.

What is claimed as new is A coin card comprising a relatively thick body, and a thin back attached to the body; the body being provided with a transverse opening and with an integral strap that bridges the transverse opening at an intermediate point and is equipped with lateral wings on its longitudinal edges at intermediate points, adapted to form finger holds for the convenient lift of the strap from the plane of the major portion of the body.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

JOSEPH CURIN. 

